Nayantara no longer banned

By ApunKaChoiceTue, Feb 10, 2009 12:00 IST

Nayantara is once again free to work in Tamil films after the revoking of a ban imposed on her a few days back.

So much drama has been happening on Nayan’s front of late. The comely damsel was banned by the Producers’ Council and Nadigar Sangam from working in Kollywood after she refused to return the signing amount of Rs. 20 lakhs she had received for a film titled ‘Paiya’.

The film’s shooting could not begin on scheduled date and later Nayan did not have dates to spare and pulled out of the project. The actress alleged that she turned down some big projects for ‘Paiya’ which got delayed and caused her heavy losses.

Nayan’s stand apparently did not go well with the producers’ union and she was consequently banned.

But two days back, a positive development happened. The Producers’ Council and Nadigar Sangam issued a joint statement that the ban on Nayantara was lifted because she had agreed to pay back the signing amount to the producers of ‘Paiya’.

While it is still not clear how much money exchanged hands, it is being believed that Nayan did pull a couple of strings at high places to wriggle her way out of the ban.